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The WVU Clay Club’s winter pottery sale will take place Dec. 12 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Douglas O. Blaney Lobby of the WVU Canady Creative Center. Proceeds from the sale benefit WVU Clay Club members and ceramics students, helping to pay for club activities, visiting artists, attendance to the annual National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) conference and even the Ceramics in China Study Abroad program.

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The WVU School of Art and Design welcomes Ava Reynolds as the new manager of The Retail Lab. Reynolds brings a passion for fashion and community to the student-run consignment and artisan storefront on High Street.

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The WVU School of Music’s Symphony Orchestra will offer a free performance Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. and the WVU Choirs will present “To Light: A Holiday Concert” Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m., both in the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center. Then, on Dec. 7 at 4:30 p.m., the “Pride of West Virginia” Mountaineer Marching Band will perform its annual Keynotes Concert at the Hope Coliseum.

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Following more than a decade touring the world as one of the most successful magic shows in history, the Champions of Magic team return with a spectacular celebration of the season, featuring thrilling illusions, grand-scale magic with a holiday twist and festive surprises to entertain all ages. Don’t miss the Champions of Magic when they come to the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center on Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

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The WVU School of Theatre and Dance presents “Amour,” a lighthearted musical, at the Gladys G. Davis Theatre at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center Nov. 20-21 and Dec. 3-6 at 7:30 p.m. and Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 for general admission, $15 for senior citizens and $10 each for groups of ten or more. Purchases can be made online at go.wvu.edu/amour, by phone at 304-293-SHOW or in person at the box office in the lobby of the CAC, Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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The “NUTCRACKER! Magical Christmas Ballet” international ensemble will grace the stage of the Lyell B. Clay Concert Theatre at the WVU Canady Creative Arts Center on Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m.

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Friends of the Art Museum of WVU traveled with museum staff to Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts, to visit world-class art museums and to see the Art Museum of WVU’s first traveling exhibition, Blanche Lazzell: Becoming an American Modernist.

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Printmaking students in the WVU School of Art and Design had the opportunity to work alongside Ruth Lingen and Nina Dine from Pace Prints in New York and visiting artist Gamaliel Rodriguez, whose work is currently on display in the Art Museum of WVU in the exhibit “Topographies of Memory.”

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Dr. Diana Martinelli, former dean of the WVU Reed College of Media, was inducted into the WV Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) Hall of Fame during the Night of Honors on Nov. 13. Professor of Public Relations Geah Pressgrove received the Educator of the Year award.

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The Dance program at the WVU School of Theatre and Dance in the College of Creative Arts and Media has received accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Dance.

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Two recent graduates from the WVU School of Art and Design’s Art Education program were recognized in October by their state’s art education associations for excellence in teaching. Elaina DePetro (Master of Arts in Arts Education, Class of 2024) was awarded High School Art Teacher of the Year by the West Virginia Art Education Association, and Lily Buckley (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education, Class of 2024) was named New Art Teacher of the Year by the N.C. Art Education Association.

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When the curtains open on “Dracula, a feminist revenge fantasy, really.” on Oct. 23, audiences will see the culmination of nearly two months of hard work: the hundreds of hours spent in rehearsal, the fight and intimacy choreography, the set design and build, the vocal training, the costume design and more.

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